The developments in the last five years in South China Sea has gained international attention following the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) ruling in favour of the Philippines. The ruling clearly stated that the China’s claim of nine d...
In September 2021, the Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC) authorized a full investigation into the Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte “war on drugs” campaign for inherent human rights violations in taking down drug cartels an...
India’s relationship with Southeast Asia spans centuries. Under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India's interest in this region is even more evident through the adjustment of the Look East Policy into the Act East Policy. This adjustment aims...
Russia's far east is a region in Northeast Asia. It is the easternmost part of Russia and is administered as part of the Far Eastern Federal District, which lies between Lake Baikal and the Pacific Ocean and shares land borders with Mongoli...
There are three Sakhalin projects which are operational and currently in the production phase, called Sakhalin I and Sakhalin II, and Sakhalin III, Sakhalin-4, a collection of offshore and onshore fields licensed to Rosneft SMNG, was origin...
On 13 July 2021, the Japanese Ministry of Defence released the latest edition of its annual white paper, Defence of Japan 2021. The document describes a range of issues regarding Japan's security including China's growing military capabilit...
With the global attention shifting towards the East from the West boasting on the Indo-Pacific by altering the Euro-Atlantic worldview, India and China have become ocean-oriented and increasingly gathering resources to outcompete others to ...
Military Operations are bound to be uncertain provided there is always information asymmetry. This “Fog of War’, as has been deemed by Carl von Clausewitz has the highest strategic advantage when it comes to underwater warfare. The domain o...
Japan and Indonesia’s 2+2 dialogue reached another high point when the defense and foreign ministers of the two countries came together to sign the much-awaited arms trade agreement facilitating exchange and operability in the region. Japan...
In the depth of the oceans, there is a huge availability of the minerals which are very critical for the usage of modern technological systems. Starting from mobile phones to renewable energy systems like electric cars, deep-sea minerals ar...
Prime Minister Suga’s visit to the United States of America could not come at a more diplomatically difficult time. The status quo is not only riddled with national economic issues, disputes on international waters, intervention on the sove...
Maritime security and sovereign control depend on 2 major metrics. Firstly, the naval fleets of the nations concerned allow them to demarcate their military strength and presence in the maritime area. Naval fleets allow them a certain recog...
